Hanila
Coordinates: 58 ° 33 ' N , 23 ° 36' E
The village of Hanila ( Hanila küla ) is located in the rural municipality of Lääneranna in Pärnu County (until 2017: rural municipality of Hanila in Lääne County ) in Estonia .
Population and location
The place has 39 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2013). It is eight kilometers northeast of the Virtsu ferry port .
Hanila (German Hannehl ) was first mentioned in 1154 in the geographical description of the Arab cartographer al-Idrisi .
Village museum
In 1993 a museum was founded in the premises of the former school. It deals primarily with the local textile and jewelry art from an ethnographic point of view. In addition, the historical life of the peasant society Läänemaas is presented.
Paulus Church
Today's Evangelical Lutheran Paulus Church in Hanila is one of the oldest preserved churches in the region.
The fortified church, initially without a tower, with its narrow, square choir was built between 1260 and 1270 on the initiative of the Livonian Order on the important connecting road between Tallinn and Virtsu . The single-nave stone building is kept simple. The tower was not added until 1857/59.
Trapezoidal tombstones from the 13th century have been preserved inside. The altarpiece and pulpit are baroque carvings from the beginning of the 18th century. They probably come from the Cologne master Friedrich Weiss, who worked in Pärnu during the Northern War .
literature
- Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Cologne, Vienna 1985 (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1), ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 100.
Web links
- Entry in Eesti Entsüklopeedia (online version)
- Description (Estonian)
- Hanila Church (Estonian and English)
- Hanila Museum (Estonian and English)